Easter Sunday

Roll'n at the White House

The Monday after Easter Sophia and I enjoyed a nice afternoon on the White House Lawn. Sophia fell asleep for the first part. You'll see her enjoying a nap in her stroller in some of the photos. After she woke up she enjoyed watching the children play all of the fun games and act ivies they had: egg roll, egg hunt, face painting, egg coloring, and some entertainment from the Jonas Bros. We had a great time and saw lots of of our friends there. Will we go again? That depends on if I'm willing to camp out again for tickets. We'll see........spoon + egg= Easter Egg Roll

I've got a Golden Ticket!

These ladies were all as crazy as I was to camp out Julie, Amelia and I (please note I'm sharing a chair with Ameilia)
Here I am on the floor! Thanks Amelia. She decided to quickly get up and I quickly went down!
Bobby Banana was screaming for a photo op

White house Easter Egg roll tickets are worth gold in this town. The National Park Service hands out free tickets the Sat. morning before the Monday event. So you would think that arriving a little early Sat morning would secure you a place in line. WRONG!!! You have to show up the day before.

My friends and I showed up Friday evening and we were at the tail end of the line. We weren't even sure if we would get tickets. The first woman in line showed up Friday morning at 3am. CRAZY!!! We pitched tents like everyone else and bundled up for a cold March night. I brought a sleeping bag, why I don't know. I stayed up till the wee hours of the morning hanging out, bonding, eating junk food, walking around the ellipse numerous times ( the walking kept us warm and entertained), and sitting around in camp chairs ( I mean falling out of camp chairs). I was having a great time until about 2 or 3 am when I became very cold and tired. I tried to lay down for a little bit, but it's hard to sleep when you know you will be awakened very soon.

Yes, around 3:30am the Park Service rides around in a golf cart with a megaphone announcing that everyone intending on getting tickets must be awake and out of there tents in a half hour. They then hand out line markers. These are not the tickets. These passes allow you to stand in line at 7:30am and then present these for the tickets. As we were about to be handed out the line marker pass things some people decided to cut the line. Not a smart thing to do at 4 in the morning. The Police were brought in and everything.

After securing my line marker I thought I'd be able to settle in for a few hours of slumber except that a complete female st anger was sleeping in my tent. We'll call her Minky (she wore a mink coat that she confessed was really beaver) Yes, we had only met her a few hours earlier and she had somehow convinced our group to let her cut in line with us and sleep in one of our tents. Not to mention Minky had a "skull crusher hammer" in her bag that she showed to one of us.

7am came to quickly and down the tents went and off to stand in line on the ellipse we went. At this point I am tired/sleepy beyond measure. I'm thinking I never want to do this again. How crazy can I be. Sophia will not even know or remember that she attended the Egg roll. It's all about the pictures. I will show her that she was there! That and I really wanted to go see what this was all about.

Oh what a Night! Good times were had!!

Our Beautiful Girl

Mike and Margie took the cutest pics of Sophie when they were here. These are a few of my favorites. Thank You!!!

Mike and Margie Weekend

We had a wonderful weekend with Rob's brother Mike and his wife Margie. They headed out for a visit from Utah the week before Easter. We loved having them here and wish we lived closer. We had tons of fun sightseeing, hanging out, eating El Salvadorian food (Margie couldn't leave with out eating some Pupusas), and playing games.

Sophia took to Margie very well. She loved having someone else to hold her and spoil her like her mother does. They also gave her a beautiful Spring dress that she ended up wearing on Easter Sunday. Thank you so much! So looked very cute.

Mike and Margie have a very nice camera and are very talented photographers. All of the following pics they took except for the first one here of Sophia and Margie. ( I took that one.)

Uncle Mike and Sophie Posing like the statue at the National Gallery of ArtThe Lincoln at Night



Washington Monument
Union Station
The Jefferson ( I think the Memorials are so magical at night)

The Mall

Mt. Vernon with the Potomac River

Another month older

Sophia turned 7 months old last week. Now that she is an excellent sitter, she loves to just sit on the floor and play with her toys. She reaches and grabs them and eventually will move them all from in front of her to her sides and back. Rob said she moved all her toys the other day and then gave out a little whimper because there were no more toys in front of her. Silly girl.

She has an appetite like her fathers. She has taken very well to all the fruits and veggies I've given her and she now eats her solids twice a day. Along with nursing she sometimes gets a bottle and the last couple of days she learned how to feed herself.

She loves playing with her Daddy. He's always getting her to giggle and laugh. She still loves her baths and just tonight she has graduated to the big bath tub since she sits so well now. She loved all the room she had to play with her toys. She also likes to grab and reach for anything that is not one of her toys. She likes to grab the remote control for the tv. She managed to turn the tv off the other day and I've had to stop her from recording shows and buying pay per view. We've got to find her an old remote with no batteries. One other thing she loves is sucking her thumb and fingers. Whatever part of her hand she can get in her mouth she enjoys.

I continually love spending my days with her. I can't remember my life with out her. I try to remind myself she won't be this little forever so enjoy it!!! We love our little princess! She brings such joy to our family!

Rob's Tag

So I was tagged again a few weeks ago. But I thought it would be more fun for Rob to answer these questions since I'm always the author of all the posts. Hopefully you'll learn something new about my Honey!


10 years ago I was:
Working for Cinema Completions International and living the single life in West LA


5 Things on My T0-Do list today:

1. Study
2. Study
3. Study
4. Have another Baby
5. Purchase property in Europe

Snacks I enjoy:

• Diet Pepsi ( is that a snack?)
• Pita Chips
• 100 calorie cupcakes
• microwave popcorn
• Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches

What if I suddenly became a Billionaire:

• Pay off all debt of myself and families
• Think about finishing Med School Stress free
• Establish a trust for Global Poverty
• Buy a yacht and sail the world
• Open theater chain in small town with adjacent Pizza Parlor

10 Places I've Lived:

• San Jose, CA
• Loomis, CA
• Provo, UT
• L.A., CA
• Camarillo, CA
• Woodland Hills, CA
• Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Philly, PA
• Washington, D.C.
• Guatemala

8 Jobs I've Had:

• Delivering Pizza
• Health Insurance Company Clerk
• Financial Analyst for Entertainment Insurance Company
• Physical Production Analyst for Completion Bond Company
• Entertainment Business Consultant
• Oil and Gas Consultant
• General Chemistry T.A.
• Author

5 Things You Don't Know About Me

1. Can't live with out Diet Pepsi
2. Spent night in jail for trespassing and vandalism of public property ( Water Tower Graffiti)
3. I have in a single business trip circumnavigated the Globe eastwardly while visiting 6 countries
4. I have ridden a 2 hump camel while in China and a one hump camel while in Abu Dhabi
5. Drank Yak Butter Tea while in the Himalayas

We now tag our friends: Alyssa, Amelia, and Julie

Spring is in the air

Today my eyes were met with a beautiful sight. Spring is a little closer than I thought. I so look forward to the beautiful colors that will begin to surround us and the blooming of the Cherry Blossoms is just a few weeks a way. We can't wait!!!